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Peer reviewedBirnbaum, Philip H.; Wong, Gilbert Y. Y. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
This study examines culture-free and culture-bound hypotheses used to explain organizational structures. A survey of Hong Kong Chinese managerial employees in 20 multinational banks examined work satisfaction with relation to organizational structure, controlling for job structure and individual attributes. Findings generally supported the…
Descriptors: Centralization, Foreign Countries, Horizontal Organization, Job Satisfaction
Peer reviewedZhang, Li-fang; Hui, Sammy King-fai – Roeper Review, 2002
This study examined use of Sternberg and Zhang's (1995) pentagonal implicit theory of giftedness by 189 preservice teachers in China. In making judgments about giftedness, study participants considered three of the models' five criteria: excellence, productivity, and value (but not rarity and demonstrability). Results are compared to similar…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedCheung, Chau-Kiu; Kwok, Siu-Tong – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Hypothesizes that a conservative and individualistic orientation results in the fatalistic, alienated, and helpless outlook known as hopelessness. Provides extensive references to studies and theories characterizing conservatism and a work ethic belief as manifestations of an a maladaptive stage of psychological development. (MJP)
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Beliefs, College Students, Conservatism
